BBC Breakfast apologised after broadcasting the wrong flag to represent Northern Ireland.
Arlene Foster and Ian Paisley have both hit out at the BBC over the blunder which happened during a segment on quarantine rules.
The First Minister and North Antrim MP were complaining after the BBC’s Breakfast programme showed a graphic of the UK nations, each with their flags - but had Northern Ireland marked by a tricolour.
The show ended up doing an on-air apology after Ian Paisley got in touch with the BBC Director General, Belfast Live reports.
Mrs Foster tweeted the incident was “very poor” and pointed out that GMB had managed to use the "right flag" on a similar graphic.
Ian Paisley said: “I welcome the swift apology but disgraceful that we have to complain about such a matter to the British Broadcasting Corporation which is partly paid for by license fee payers in Northern Ireland.
“The BBC Breakfast editorial team either didn’t check the graphic before airing or else they don’t even know the UK and its people. Pathetic and insulting on either level. There should be a full investigation about how this was able to happen.
“The BBC is very swift to point the finger at everyone else but do little to justify why my constituents should bother to pay for the public service broadcaster when flagship programmes don’t even know where the country is or what flag it’s under.”
